The modern Atlético Madrid has long been defined by edge and energy. Into that furnace has stepped Giuliano Simeone, a forward forged by the game’s small margins and life’s hard knocks. Born in Rome, educated in Buenos Aires and Madrid, and tempered by a brutal leg fracture before his first full La Liga season, he has returned not as a story of nepotism, but as a study in persistence. By 2024–25 he was scoring in La Liga and Europe for Atleti, adding a first senior cap (and goal) for Argentina and renewing the idea that hunger and humility still travel in the same boots.
Website: https://giulianosimeone.net/
Address: Via Panisperna, 229, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
